Captured Al Qaeda operative, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has surprised CIA interrogators with his willingness to spill the details of terror plots in the US, including his network's plans to attack gas stations and suspension bridges in Washington and New York.

But more importantly, Newsweek magazine reported, he has revealed much about the terror group's methods and has named names.

Mohammed identified Pakistani operative Majid Khan as a "key soldier" in the United States.

He told his captors how Khan, who was recently detained by Pakistani authorities, was deployed to America to gather intelligence on potential targets.